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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC 1 TURNER, or rnor, new YORK, ASSIGNOR To EARL WILSON,

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SPECIFICATION forming, part of Letters Patent No. 269,973, dated January2., 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC P. TURNER, of Troy,in the county .ofRensselaer and State of The object ofmy improvements is to produce cuffshaving absolutely uniform edges without cross-folds or lapped materialanywhere.

To this end my improvements consist in anovelprocessofmanutactnringacuffnamely, in making the back and front andalso the interlinings of the same size and outline, in making a hole inthe front or back and the adjacent interlining, in sewing this part andthe said interlinin'g together around the opening, in then turning theseparts the reverse side out, in subsequently stitching all the partstogether around their entire outer edges, in then turning the cuffrightside out through the opening aforesaid, and in subsequentlystitching the part having the aforesaid opening and the attachedinterlining to the other part or parts around the edges of the opening.

The inventioualso consists in a cuff with edges uniform throughout andwithout lap or fold anywhere, having in its front or back and adjacentinterlining corresponding openings, and having said parts sewedtogether, independently of the'other parts of the cuff, around saidopenings, while wrong side out, and afterward turned right side out togive said openings a finished edge, and sewed to the other parts of thecuff around said openings.

The opening in thefront or back of the cuff may be so disposed as torender the cuff pliable at any particular place-as, for instance,contiguousto the button-holes. a

In theaccompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a face view of one of theinterlinings and the front or back-prel'erably the back'each having anopening, and sewed together wrong side out around the opening. Fig.2represents the said parts turned right side out. Fig. 3 is a face viewof the back or front-preferabl y the front, which has no opening. Fig. 4is a face view of the cuff sewed wrong side out, and Fig. 5 is a faceview of the cuff turned right side out and completed.

and B designates the outer side, which may be Application filed November18, 188i. (No model.)

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates one of the outer sides of the cuff, which may be hereregarded as the back,

regarded as the front. Both may be made of. fine material, as usual. Anynumber of interlinings of coarse stifl" fabric may be used between theback and front, and one or more of these interlinings may be secured tothe back A and the remainderto the front B. The front B may be of anysuitable shape, and is intact from edge to edge, like the front of anordh nary cufl'. The back A, however, is provided with an opening, a,which is entirely within the edges. The inter-linings which are attachedto these parts are of corresponding forms. The

back and its interlining are stitched together all around the opening,as shown in Fig. l and then are turned reverse side out, so that theirconnected edges will be folded inward anda finished edge to the openingwill be produced.

All the parts are sewed together entirely A around the edges while theparts are wrong side out. After this is completed the parts are turnedright side out through the opening a, and the edges of the opening arestitched to the adj acentparts. Theopening amay extend longitudinallyalong the middle of the euff,and then will afford a flexure to the cuffwhen the hand ismoved at the wrist. It may be arranged, as shown,contiguous to the button-- holes, in which case it will afford facilityfor the buttoning and unbuttoning of the cufl".

. It will be seen that I produce a cuff whose edges are absolutelyuniform throughout their extent, and one having an opening which hasfinished edges.

I do not claim broadly the making of a slit wholly within the margin ofa cuff, as I am aware that it is old to form a slit in the ply orinter-lining of a cuff which lies next the front orback, and to form aflap on the front orb-ack by slitting it inward from its edge, the said'flap serving to facilitate the turning of the cuff 1. The process ofmanufacturing a cuff, consisting in making the back and front and alsothe interlinings of the same size and outline,

' in making a hole in the front or back and the adjacent inter-lining,in stitchingthis part and the said inter-lining together around theopening, in then turning these parts reverse side out, in subsequentlystitching all the parts together around their entire outer edges, inthen turning the cuff right side out through the opening aforesaid,andin subsequently stitching the part having the aforesaid opening andits attached interlining to the other part or parts around the edges ofthe opening, substantially as specified.

2. A cuff with edges uniform throughout and withoutlap orfold anywhere,havingin its front or back and adjacent interlining correspondingopenings, and having said parts sewed together, independently of theother partsof 0 the cuff, around said openings, while wrong side out,and afterward turned right side out to give said openings a finishededge, and sewed to the other parts of the cuff around said openings,substantially as specified.

3 A cuff with edges uniform throughout and without lap or fold anywhere,having in its back and adjacent interlining correspondingopenings,andhavingsaidpartssewedtogether, independently of the otherparts of the cufi, around said openings, while wrong side out, andafterward turned right side out to give said openings a finished edge,and sewed to the other parts of the cuff around said open- 7 ings whichare opposite the button-holes at one end of the cuff, substantially asspecified.

ISAAC P. TURNER. Witnesses:

Geo. W. PETTIT, E. K. BETTS.

